There is a pressing need for informed expertise from virtually all fields of academic research. Still, scientific expertise often remains within its own domain and only reaches relevant decision-makers in civil society indirectly and belatedly. This three-day training programme is tailored to up-and-coming researchers that want to learn the skills necessary to maximize the impact of their research, also—but not exclusively—in relation to evaluation procedures of science funders. The sessions will be held by experts in their respective fields and cover the three dimensions of scholarly impact: societal impact, economic impact, and political impact. 

29 November – 1 December 2017 

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)

Französische Straße 9 | 10117 Berlin 

Participants: 

The training is aimed at up-and-coming researchers from all disciplines (e.g., PhD students, Post-Docs, junior faculty). In the course of the training, participants will understand concepts and tools of science impact as well as science transfer and learn how to apply them to their own research. 

Call for Applications: 

Participants are asked to apply with a letter of interest, giving a brief overview of one of their own research topics and how the training could increase the societal impact of their research (approx. 500 words). The impact school is limited to 25 participants. Participants can apply for a travel allowance of up to 200 € (depending on the expenditures that will be actually incurred). In that case please include a statement and a short explanation of the costs to your application. Applications should be sent to impax@hiig.de by 30 September 2017 with the subject line “impact school”. 

Organisers and partners: 

The impact school of the Leibniz Research Alliance Science 2.0 is organised by mStats DS GmbH, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), and the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW).
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